02002cam a22003973u 4500 45858 UtSlPG 20260610134043.0 m cr n 260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 13007987 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PA Lucian, of Samosata, 120-180 Lucian's True History Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2014 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_True_Story Release date is 2014-06-01 Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive) "Lucian's True History" by Lucian of Samosata is a satirical novella written in the second century AD. The narrator begins by warning readers that everything in the story is a complete lie. What follows is an outrageous tale of travelers swept to the Moon, where they witness interplanetary warfare between celestial kings. They encounter a giant whale, seas of milk, islands of cheese, and meet legendary heroes and mythical creatures. This fantastical work mocks ancient authors who presented impossible tales as truth, earning recognition as the earliest known fiction featuring space travel and alien lifeforms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800 Satire, Greek -- Translations into English Whibley, Charles, 1859-1930 Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898 Clark, Joseph Benwell, 1857-1938 Strang, William, 1859-1921 Hickes, Francis, 1566-1631 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45858 86697 86697